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Microfiche 

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CIHM/ICMH 
Collection  de 
microfiches. 


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original  copy  available  for  filming.  Features  of  this 
copy  which  may  be  bibliographically  unique, 
which  may  alter  any  of  the  images  in  the 
reproduction,  or  which  may  significantly  change 
the  usual  method  of  filming,  are  checked  below. 


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Coloured  covers/ 
Couverture  de  couleur 


"^i     Covers  damaged/ 

J     Couverture  endommagee 


""         Covers  restored  and/or  laminated/ 

Couverture  restauree  et/ou  peiliculee 


Cover  title  missing/ 


,:     Le  titre  de  couverture  manque 


Coloured  maps/ 

Cartes  geographlques  en  couleur 

Coloured  ink  (i.e.  other  than  blue  or  black)/ 


Encre  de  couleur  (i.e.  autre  que  bleue  ou  noire 


Coloured  plates  and/or  illustrations/ 
Planches  et/ou  illustrations  en  couleur 

Bound  with  other  material/ 
Reii©  av6c  d'autres  documsnts 

Tight  binding  may  cause  shadows  or  distortioi 
along  interior  margin/ 

Lareliure  serree  peut  causer  de  I'ombre  ou  de 
distorsion  le  long  de  la  marge  interieure 


Notes/Notes  techniques  et  bibliographiques 


L'Institut  a  microfilme  le  meilleur  exemplaire 
qu'il  lui  a  ete  possible  de  se  procurer    Les  details 
de  cet  exemplaire  qui  sont  oeut-etre  uniques  du 
point  de  vue  bibliographique,  qui  peuvent  modifier 
una  image  reproduite,  ou  qui  peuvent  exiger  une 
modification  dans  la  methode  normale  de  filmage 
sont  indiques  ci-dessous. 


Coloured  pages/ 
Pages  de  couleur 


Pages  damaged/ 
Pages  endommagees 


1     Pages  restored  and/or  laminated/ 
J    Pages  restaurees  et/ou  pelliculees 


"^^K^'    Pages  discoloured,  stained  or  foxed/ 
1 J     Pages  decolorees,  tachetees  ou  piquees 


■^     Pages  detached/ 
J     Pages  detachees 


Showthrough/ 
Transparence 


Quality  of  print  varies/ 
Qualite  inegale  de  I'impression 


i       I 


Includes  supplementary  material/ 
Comprend  du  matsfiai  supplemental  re 


Only  edition  available/ 
Seule  edition  disponible 


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to  the  generosity  of: 

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Photoduplication  Service 

The  images  appearing  here  are  the  best  quality 
possible  considering  the  condition  and  legibility 
of  the  original  copy  and  in  keeping  with  the 
filming  contract  specifications. 


Original  copies  in  printed  paper  covers  are  filmed 
beginning  with  the  front  cover  and  ending  on 
the  last  page  with  a  printed  or  illustrated  impres- 
sion, or  the  back  cover  when  appropriate.  All 
other  original  copies  are  filmed  beginning  on  the 
first  page  with  a  printed  or  illustrated  impres- 
sion, and  ending  on  the  last  page  with  a  printed 
or  illustrated  impression. 


Maps,  plates,  charts,  etc.,  may  be  filmed  at 
different  reduction  ratios.  Those  too  large  to  be 
entirely  included  in  one  exposure  are  filmed 
beginning  in  the  upper  left  hand  corner,  left  to 
rinht  fknd  tnn  to  bottom    as  manv  frames  as 
required.  The  following  diagrams  illustrate  the 
method. 


L'exemplaire  film^  tut  reproduit  grdce  d  la 
g^n^rosit^  de: 

Library  of  Congress 
Photoduplication  Service 

Las  images  suivantes  out  6t^  reproduites  avec  le 
plus  grand  soin,  compte  tenu  de  la  condition  et 
de  la  nettet6  de  I'exemplaire  film6,  et  en 
conformity  avec  les  conditions  du  contrat  de 
filmage. 

Les  exempir  ires  originaux  dont  la  couverture  en 
papier  est  irnprim6e  sont  film6s  en  commen^ant 
par  le  premier  plat  et  en  terminant  soit  par  la 
derni^re  page  qui  comporte  une  empreinte 
d'impression  ou  d'illustration,  soit  par  le  second 
plat,  salon  le  cas.  Tous  les  autres  exemplaires 
originaux  sont  film6s  en  commenpant  par  la 
premiere  page  qui  comporte  une  empreinte 
d'impression  ou  d'illustration  et  en  terminant  par 
la  derni^re  page  qui  comporte  une  telle 
empreinte. 


Les  cartes,  planches,  tableaux,  etc.,  peuvent  §tre 
film6s  ^  des  taux  de  reduction  diff6rents. 
Lorsque  le  document  est  trop  grand  pour  §tre 
reproduit  en  un  seul  clich6,  il  est  film6  ^  partir 
de  Tangle  sup^rieur  gauche,  de  gauche  ^  droite, 
et  de  haut  en  bas,  en  prenant  le  nombre 
d'images  n^cessaire.  Les  diagrammes  suivants 
illustrent  la  m6thode. 


The  grand  Committee 

referred  a  Motion  of  Mr.  Mo  "-oc,  upon  tl 
TERRITORY,    c.  led    by  individi 

Part, — 

THAT  the  T  Srrtes  in  Congrtfs  aflemblcd, 

1780,  rcu  .u  Liin  It  be  recommended  to  thi 
and  iinappropriatv^d  Ian  .s,  t'  mu'  •  liberal  iurrer 
their  common  benefit  ;  anc  un  t  :  loth  of  Oftt 
ceded  fliall  be  formed  into  diftind  republican  ftate^ 
union,  having  the  fame  rights  of  fovereignty,  frei 
flates  i  and  that  each  ftate  w^-^ich  fhall  be  lo  formec 
ritory,  not  lefs  than  one  hundred,  nor  more  tiian  c 
as  near  thereto  as  circumftanccs  will  admit.  And  t 
having  made  cefiions  accordingly^  the  latter  found 
compact,  among  others,  as  to  the  faid  condition  ; 
the  faid  condition  into  effeft,  entered  into,  on  the 
ons  refpeding  it.  And  whereas,  upon  further  cor 
cd  that  a  ftrift  adherence  to  faid  condition  in  the  d 
produce  many  inconveniences  to  the  fettlers  upon 
racyj  to  prevent  which,  and  put  it  in  the  pov^er< 
States  to  make   fuch  divifion   thereof  as  fhall  be  ^ 

recommended  to  the  faid  ftates 
faid  ;  and  as  the  refolutions  aforefaid  of  the  23d  of 
the  United  States,  in  cafe  the  faid  recommendation 
fuch  meafurts  as  might  be  for  the  general  intcreft. 

Resolved,  That  the  refolutions  oftheajdof 
viz.  ''  That  fo  much  of  the  territory  ceded,  on 
United  States,  as  is  already  purchafed,  or  fliall  be 


cc,  to  whom  were 

1  the  Subjea  of  the  WESTER  N 
dual  States,  beg  Leave   to   report  in 


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led,  havingon  the  Gth  day  of  September, 
the  leveral  (hues  having  claims  to  wafte, 
rrenders  therrof  to  the  United  States,  for 
36tober  following,  that  the  territory  thus 
:ates,  and  admitted  members  of  the  federal 
freedom  and  independence  as  the  other 
med,  Ihall  contain  a  fuitable  extent  of  ter- 
an  one  luindrcd  and  fifty  miles  fquare,  or 
id  the  flares  of  Virginia  and  Maffachufetts 
Linded  on,  and  the  former  with  an  exprefs 
m  ;  and  the  United  States,  fully  to  carry 
the  23d  of  April,  1784,  feveral  refoluti- 
confideration  of  ihe  fame,  it  hath  appear- 
ic  divifion  of  the  country  as  aforefaid,  will 
3on  the  fame,  and  likewile  to  the  confede- 
serof  the  faid  ftates  to  enable  the  United 
be  ex[)edient,  it  was,  by  the  refolution  of 
ates  to  revife  their  a6ls  of  cefhon  as  af  ue- 
d  of  April,  1784,  might  therefore  reftrain 
:ion  fliould  be  complied  with,  from  taking 
dl,  it  is  hereby 

d  of  April,  1784,  in  the  words  following, 
or  to  be  ceded,  by  individual  ftates  to  the 
1  be  purchafcd  of  the  Indian  inhabitants, 


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have  been  omitted  from  filming/ 
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lors  dune  restauration  apparaissent  dans  le  te 
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pas  ete  filmees. 


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slips,  tissues,  etc..  have  been  .efilmed  to 
ensure  the  best  possible  image/ 
Les  pages  totalement  ou  partiellement 
obscurcies  par  un  feuillet  d'errata.  une  pelure 
etc.,  ont  ete  filmees  ^  nouveau  de  facon  a 
obtenir  la  meilleure  image  possible 


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entirely  Included  in  one  exposure  are  filmed 
beginning  in  the  upper  left  hand  corner,  left  to 
right  and  top  to  bottom,  as  many  frames  as 
required.  The  following  diagrams  illustrate  the 
method: 


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Lorsque  le  document  est  trop  grand  pour  §tre 
reproduit  en  un  seul  cllch6,  il  est  film6  ^  partir 
de  Tangle  sup6rieur  gauche,  de  gauche  ^  droite, 
et  de  haut  en  bas,  en  prenant  le  nombre 
d'images  n^cessaire.  Les  diagrammes  suivants 
illustrent  la  m^thode. 


rccoiiiniencled  to  rhe  laid  Iratcs 
faid;  uiidas  the  rciuluuuiis  aforefaid  of  rlu-  c  ^^1  of 
ihc  United  States,  in  cafe  the  laid  recomniendauun 
Inch  nieafnrcb  ab  iniijhc  be  for  tlie  general  intcrcil, 

Resolved,  That  the  refolutions  ofthcajdof 
viz.  *'  That  lo  much  of  the  ten if^rv  ceded,  or  t 
United  States,  as  is  already  pinchaieo,  or  Hiali  be 
and  offered  for  fale  by  Congrefs,  Hiail  be  divided  in 
rer  as  nearly  as  fuch  ccflions  will  admit;  that  h> 
each  Hate  fliali  comprehend,  from  north  to  fouth, 
count  from  the  completion  of  forty-five  degrees  n(;r 
longitude  ;  one  of  which  fhall  pais  through  the  lowc 
other  through  the  wcftern  cai)e  of  the  mouth  of  tl: 
call  ward  of  this  lafl  meridian,  between  the  OI  :o, 
one  ftate,  whatfocver  may  be  its  comprehenfion  of 
tiic  con^pletion  of  the  43th  degree  between  tiie  f 
Ihte  adjoining  it  on  the  fouth  -,  and  that  parr  of  the 
dians,  coincidmg  nearly  v/irh  the  parallel  of  ,;;9  uegi 
that  parallel  as  a  boundary  line/'  And  "  Tliat  the  \ 
charter  of  compaft,  fiiall  be  duly  executed  by  the  pr 
aiTemblcd,  under  his  hand  and  the  fral  of  the  Uni 
fnall  (land  as  fundamental  conflitutions  between  1 
the  feveral  ftates  now  newly  defcribed,  unalterable 
of  the  territory  of  fuch  ftate,  purfuant  to  this  refc 
United  States  in  Congrcfs  aflembled,  and  of  the  p 
tion  is  propoled  to  be  nude''— Be  and  they  are  h 


lies  to  revile  tlicir  acts  or  ccinon  as  aiorc- 
I  nf  April,  1784,  might  therefore  reftraiii 
luii  ihuukl  be  LUtnplicd  with,  fruni  taking 
:lt,  it  is  liercby 

J  of  April,  1784,  in  the  words  following, 
or  to  be  ceded,  by  individual  Hates  to  the 
1  be  piirchafed  of  the  Indian  inhabitants, 
:]  into  diilincl  Hates,  in  the  following  man- 
is  to  fav,  by  parallels  of  latitude,  lb  that 
ih,  two  degrees  of  latitude,  beginning  to 
nc;rth  of  the  equator,  and  by  meridians  ot 
owed  point  of  the  Rapids  of  Ohio,  and  the 
)ftlie  (ireat  Kan'nawayj  but  the  territory 
^io,  lakf  Erie  and  Pennfylvania,  fiiall  be 
i  of  latitude.  That  which  n^iy  lie  beyond 
le  fiid  meridians,  fhail  make  part  of  the 
'the  Ohio  which  is  between  the  fameme::- 
jegrees,  fliall  he  fubftitutcd  fo  far  in  lieu  of 
he  preceding  articles  fhall  be  formed  into  a 
^  prefident  of  the  United  States  in  Congreis 
Jnited  States,  fliall  be  promulgated,  and 
:n  the  thirteen  original  Itates  and  each  of 
ible  from,  ar.d  after  the  fale  of  any  part 
refolve,  but  by  the  joint  confent  ot  tha 
le  particular  (late  within  which  fucli  altera  • 
•e  hereby  repealed. 


